diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_scan.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_scan.c
index 34cac57260e1..38da16492b67 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_scan.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_scan.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include "wlan_hdd_scan.h"
 #include "cds_concurrency.h"
 #include "wma_api.h"
+#include "cds_utils.h"
 
 #define MAX_RATES                       12
 #define HDD_WAKE_LOCK_SCAN_DURATION (5 * 1000) /* in msec */
@@ -1263,6 +1264,7 @@ static int __wlan_hdd_cfg80211_scan(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 	uint8_t *pP2pIe = NULL;
 	hdd_adapter_t *con_sap_adapter;
 	uint16_t con_dfs_ch;
+	uint8_t num_chan = 0;
 
 	ENTER();
 
@@ -1442,14 +1444,22 @@ static int __wlan_hdd_cfg80211_scan(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 			goto free_mem;
 		}
 		for (i = 0, len = 0; i < request->n_channels; i++) {
-			channelList[i] = request->channels[i]->hw_value;
+			if (cds_is_dsrc_channel(cds_chan_to_freq(
+			    request->channels[i]->hw_value)))
+				continue;
+			channelList[num_chan] = request->channels[i]->hw_value;
 			len += snprintf(chList + len, 5, "%d ", channelList[i]);
+			num_chan++;
 		}
-
 		hdd_notice("Channel-List: %s", chList);
-
 	}
-	scan_req.ChannelInfo.numOfChannels = request->n_channels;
+	if (!num_chan) {
+		hdd_err("Received zero non-dsrc channels");
+		status = -EINVAL;
+		goto free_mem;
+	}
+
+	scan_req.ChannelInfo.numOfChannels = num_chan;
 	scan_req.ChannelInfo.ChannelList = channelList;
 
 	/* set requestType to full scan */